Attachment for wheelbarrows.



[Nl/ENTOR Patted Nov. 1,1910.

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PATENT or ,FICE

or FENCE, Wisconsin.

ATTACHMENT rca wnmzmaaaaows.

I 974,571. Specication of 10 able others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

A My invention relates to new and useful improvements in wheel barrows,more especially attachments therefor. Said invention has for its objectto provide, as above indicated, an attachment for wheel barrows,

Q- ymore especially for use in winter weather, as

when snow and ice are' upon tlie'groiind. The invention also has for itsob]ect to carry out the aforesaid ends in a simple, m-

expensive and effective manner.

Other objects and advantages will be here inafter referred 'to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings 'which are ,made a part of thisapplication, Figure '1 is a side elevation of a wheel barrow, with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is -a detached side view, upon anenlarged scale, of

said invention. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation tlhereof, partly in sectionon the line 3 3, ig. 2.

, ln practicing my invention, I rovide a runner-like member or shoe 1.pre -erably of e like, as may be desired, or more suitable. Said memberoi' runner 1 has its lower substantially hori zontal portion '2referahly of .approximately inverted T- orm or outline as indi- 40 catedin Fig. 3, thus providin a broad tra@ tion 'surface or base 3 for staility and obtaining a ready gdding movement upon ice or snow tofacilitate or ex dite the moving of the wheel barrow. Sai( runner ormeniber 1 has its base or lower poition sli htly curr at the heel end,as at 4, and simi arly curved, but to a greater extent, at its forwardend, as at 5, the purpose'of which is apparent; Said runner has an uppertransverse portion 6 connected to the lower ortion 2. the'conneetionbet-Ween said mem rs 2 and 6 being effected by preterably in-Application tiled December 29, 1908. Serial No. 469,812.

muismat' Patented Nov. 1,1310.

7, integral or cast in one with said parts, as

seen more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2, 55 although more than twobraces or leg-like members iiia'v be employed if desired. Said' leg-likemembers or braces are arranged in a plane at right angles to thetransverse portion 6 and have the point of convergence 60 therebetweenand said transverse portion about in vertical alinement with the axlerod 9 for reinforcing or bracing the point where the greatest pressureor stress is exerted, as is obvious.

The part or member 6 has its upper surface of right liuc constructionand is provided at its ends with lateral upstanding ears 8, said earsbeing arranged a suilicient dis- Vsnug reception of the same between theaxle carrying portions ofvthe 'lower bars of the wheel barrow, as isfapparent from Fig. 1. These ears are adapted to permit of the passinotherethrough of the axle rod 9 formf 75 ing a lbearing for thewheel,'which is displaced when the runner is used, as is also apparentin Fig. 1.

lt will be. noted that by'means of the for wheel bai-rows, the wheelthereof may be readily removed and said attachment be substitutedtherefor, as is desirable, particularly when snow and ice are upon theground and thus lessen traction or friction in the ei'ort to move thewheel barrow when loaded. i

T his attachmentor contrivance, as noted, is also exceedingly simple,inexpensive and greatly desirable for its intended purpose, as will bereadily appreciated.

I claim:

The combination witha wheelharroiv and 'Toile rod; of a shoeofrunner-like outline and of inverted T-sliape in cross section, the steinthereof havingJr integral therewith upwardly extending and inclined4brace members. said nicmbeis converging at their-upper ends. atransverse har formed integral 'convergence and forming an ap roximate.T member therewith` the ends o said transverse bar terminating inupstanding lateral ears, said ears boing adapted to be received snuglyclined converging leg-like members or braces of said wheelbrirrow andadapted to recgive tance apart to provide for the ready and 70 .Y

above-described contrivaiice or attachment 80 with said brace members attheir point ofrlU between the axle carrying portions said axle rod ineffecting connection bel n me to this specification in the presence oftween the sangle and szlid lears, said igmini. o wo subscribingWitnesses. Lonver ence etwecnt e race mem ers an T .said trnsverso barbein in Vertical aline- WILLIAM C' JOHLSOL 5 meut-with.said axle rowhere the s'train and weignt of saidbarrow is greatest.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my YVitnesses:

WILLIAM C. HUBERKORN, LARs WINKLER.

